Open-Source Search Engines

 

Open-Source Search Engines

1. Searx

   • Overview: A privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates results from various search engines.
   • Features: Highly customizable, open-source, self-hostable.
   • Website: searx.github.io

2. YaCy

   • Overview: A decentralized, peer-to-peer search engine that runs on a network of nodes operated by users.
   • Features: Distributed architecture, open-source, privacy-focused.
   • Website: yacy.net

3. Apache Nutch

   • Overview: An open-source web crawler and search engine framework built on Apache Hadoop.
   • Features: Highly extensible, scalable, suitable for building custom search solutions.
   • Website: nutch.apache.org

4. ElasticSearch (with Kibana)

   • Overview: Not a search engine by itself but a distributed search and analytics engine that can be customized for search applications.
   • Features: Open-source, scalable, real-time search.
   • Website: elastic.co

5. SeaweedFS + Bleve

   • Overview: A combination of open-source tools for building custom search engines.
   • Features: Storage + full-text search capabilities.
   • Websites: seaweedfs.com, blevesearch.com